[websites/rkward-kde-org] /: Update website for RKWward 0.7.3
Thomas Friedrichsmeier
null at kde.org
Thu Apr 21 12:05:06 BST 2022
Git commit 4c4c8180bb64fa0c9ff8a67ee9d0c6ce71926499 by Thomas Friedrichsmeier.
Committed on 17/04/2022 at 07:47.
Pushed by tfry into branch 'master'.
Update website for RKWward 0.7.3
M +2 -2 Download_RKWard.md [INFRASTRUCTURE]
M +22 -11 Feature_Plan.md
M +36 -0 Feature_Plan_Archive.md
M +5 -2 News.md
M +8 -9 RKWard_on_Mac.md [INFRASTRUCTURE]
M +2 -2 RKWard_on_Windows.md [INFRASTRUCTURE]
M +2 -2 Release_Schedule.md
A +37 -0 _includes/2022_04_21_announce_0.7.3_body.md
A +9 -0 _includes/2022_04_21_announce_0.7.3_teaser.md
M +2 -2 index.html
https://invent.kde.org/websites/rkward-kde-org/commit/4c4c8180bb64fa0c9ff8a67ee9d0c6ce71926499
diff --git a/Download_RKWard.md b/Download_RKWard.md
index cab3b1b..dc2ac38 100644
--- a/Download_RKWard.md
+++ b/Download_RKWard.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ layout: page
The latest official source packages. See [Building RKWard From Source](Building_RKWard_From_Source.html) for help on compiling.
-- **[rkward-0.7.2](https://download.kde.org/stable/rkward/0.7.2/src/rkward-0.7.2.tar.gz)** (released October, 16, 2020)
-- [ChangeLog](https://invent.kde.org/education/rkward/-/blob/releases/0.7.2/ChangeLog)
+- **[rkward-0.7.3](https://download.kde.org/stable/rkward/0.7.3/src/rkward-0.7.3.tar.gz)** (released April 21, 2022)
+- [ChangeLog](https://invent.kde.org/education/rkward/-/blob/releases/0.7.3/ChangeLog)
## Compiled packages and system specific instructions
diff --git a/Feature_Plan.md b/Feature_Plan.md
index 7efeab1..52dd35d 100644
--- a/Feature_Plan.md
+++ b/Feature_Plan.md
@@ -36,45 +36,56 @@ However, this page is **not**:
These features are likely to become part of the next release.
-### "First run wizard" or check installation feature
+### RKWard Output as document
-**Description**: To check for - and if feasible, correct - common setup problems.
+**Description**: The RKWard output file behaves more like a regular document: Changes can be saved or discarded,
+stored as a single file (internally a .zip archive).
**Points for discussion / issues**:
-Run for each new version. No way to install external software, yet.
**Development status**: <span style="color:green">Done</span>.
**Testing status**: N/A
+### Implement R 4.1 and R 4.2 graphics features
-### Integration of kate plugins
-
-**Description**: Many useful plugins, e.g. search in files, are available from kate. RKWard should be able to embed these.
+**Description**: gradients, patterns, clip paths, masks, stroked and filled paths, groups, lumincance masks
**Points for discussion / issues**:
-Not all kate plugins make sense in the context of RKWard, and for some others, the way the UI is merged is not yet ideal.
**Development status**: <span style="color:green">Done</span>.
**Testing status**: N/A
-### Bring enhanced code hinting features to the R Console window
+### Integrated dialog to ask about all changed files on exit
-**Description**: Script editor windows have much improved code hinting abilities, now. Merge these into the R Console window.
+**Description**: Instead of asking separately for each changed script
-**Points for discussion / issues**:
-I'm not quite happy with the behavior e.g. when typing "?print<Enter>", yet (requires <Enter> twice)
+**Points for discussion / issues**: Unfortunately, R workspace is still detected as changed, every time.
**Development status**: <span style="color:green">Done</span>.
**Testing status**: N/A
+
## Planned Features
These features are likely to be targeted, soon, but not necessarily for
the next release.
+
+### Rework "Welcome to RKWard" page
+
+**Description**: Should be more dashboard like, with little text, but useful links
+
+**Points for discussion / issues**: https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/rkward-devel/2022-April/005689.html
+
+**Development status**: <span style="color:yellow">In progress</span>.
+
+**Testing status**: N/A
+
+
+
### Standalone editor for vector and matrix data
**Description**: Standalone editor for vector and matrix data.
diff --git a/Feature_Plan_Archive.md b/Feature_Plan_Archive.md
index dda1528..b895935 100644
--- a/Feature_Plan_Archive.md
+++ b/Feature_Plan_Archive.md
@@ -7,6 +7,42 @@ layout: page
* Table of contents
{:toc}
+## Features implemented in RKWard 0.7.2
+
+### "First run wizard" or check installation feature
+
+**Description**: To check for - and if feasible, correct - common setup problems.
+
+**Points for discussion / issues**:
+Run for each new version. No way to install external software, yet.
+
+**Development status**: <span style="color:green">Done</span>.
+
+**Testing status**: N/A
+
+
+### Integration of kate plugins
+
+**Description**: Many useful plugins, e.g. search in files, are available from kate. RKWard should be able to embed these.
+
+**Points for discussion / issues**:
+Not all kate plugins make sense in the context of RKWard, and for some others, the way the UI is merged is not yet ideal.
+
+**Development status**: <span style="color:green">Done</span>.
+
+**Testing status**: N/A
+
+### Bring enhanced code hinting features to the R Console window
+
+**Description**: Script editor windows have much improved code hinting abilities, now. Merge these into the R Console window.
+
+**Points for discussion / issues**:
+I'm not quite happy with the behavior e.g. when typing "?print<Enter>", yet (requires <Enter> twice)
+
+**Development status**: <span style="color:green">Done</span>.
+
+**Testing status**: N/A
+
## Features implemented in RKWard 0.7.1
### Script previews, including R markdown
diff --git a/News.md b/News.md
index 79248d3..cd17d81 100644
--- a/News.md
+++ b/News.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ layout: page
# Current news
-{% include 2020_10_16_announce_0.7.2_teaser.md %}
-{% include 2020_10_16_announce_0.7.2_body.md %}
+{% include 2022_04_21_announce_0.7.3_teaser.md %}
+{% include 2022_04_21_announce_0.7.3_body.md %}
<!-- end list -->
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ layout: page
## Archived news 2020
+{% include 2020_10_16_announce_0.7.2_teaser.md %}
+{% include 2020_10_16_announce_0.7.2_body.md %}
+
{% include 2020_03_23_announce_0.7.1_teaser.md %}
{% include 2020_03_23_announce_0.7.1_body.md %}
diff --git a/RKWard_on_Mac.md b/RKWard_on_Mac.md
index a2fa50a..4306359 100644
--- a/RKWard_on_Mac.md
+++ b/RKWard_on_Mac.md
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@ title: RKWard on macOS
Developer access to Mac computers is still limited for the main contributors. While RKWard is thought to work reasonably well on Mac OS X, we want to encourage you to send feedback to our
[**mailing lists**](Contact.html), be it success stories or bug reports, because without it is hard improve our support for this operating system in the future\!
-## Installing RKWard version 0.7.2
+## Installing RKWard version 0.7.3
### Requirements
-* RKWard 0.7.2 currently requires Mac OS X 10.13 or higher.
-* You have to install R, separately, version 4.0.1 or higher. Get it from <https://www.r-project.org/>. For older versions of R, continue using RKWard 0.7.1b.
+* RKWard 0.7.3 currently requires Mac OS X 10.13 or higher.
+* You have to install R, separately, version 4.1.2 or higher. Get it from <https://www.r-project.org/>.
### Installation procedure
**We hope to find a way to make gatekeeper accept RKWard out of the box**. Currently the installation procedure is as follows:
-1. Download the installer from <https://download.kde.org/stable/rkward/0.7.2/mac/rkward-0.7.2-OSX-10.13.dmg>.
+1. Download the installer from <https://download.kde.org/stable/rkward/0.7.3/mac/rkward-0.7.3-OSX-10.13_KF5-5.92.0.dmg>.
2. Drag the downloaded DMG to your Desktop (or some other location on your harddrive)
3. Right-click / Ctrl-click on the DMG, and select Open. Drag RKWard to Applications. When warned that "Apple cannot check it for malicious software", click "Open".
4. The **first** time you start RKWard, you have to start it from Finder: Go to "/Applications", right-click / ctrl-click on RKWard and select "Open". When warned that "Apple cannot check it for malicious software", click "Open", again.
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ Developer access to Mac computers is still limited for the main contributors. Wh
## Installing development snapshots
-Nightly builds of RKWard are available at <https://binary-factory.kde.org/job/RKWard_Nightly_macos/>. At the time of this writing, these have the same requirements and installation procedure as the 0.7.2 version.
+Nightly builds of RKWard are available at <https://binary-factory.kde.org/job/RKWard_Nightly_macos/>. At the time of this writing, these have the same requirements and installation procedure as the 0.7.3 version.
**These packages are built automatically, and have not received any human testing.** Back up your data before use!
-## Installing RKWard version 0.7.0
+## Installing RKWard on MacOS X 10.11 or 10.12
### Requirements
-* RKWard 0.7.0 currently requires Mac OS X 10.11 or higher.
+* RKWard 0.7.0 is the last version of RKWard to be built with support for Mac OS X 10.11 or 10.12.
* You have to install R, separately, either version 3.4.4, or version 3.5.0. Get it from <https://www.r-project.org/>. *No* other versions of R are expected to work with the packages provided.
### Installing using the precompiled binary bundle
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ El Capitan (10.11) or above):
(for R 3.5.0)
These bundles do not include R, which means you need to install the
-appropriate version of [R from
-CRAN](http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/) first (**make sure the
+appropriate version of [R from CRAN](http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/) first (**make sure the
RKWard bundle you install matches this R version**, as is said in the
bundle's file name: "*needs_CRAN_R-<version>*"). The bundle is still
work in progress, but it has been tested and is reported to run on
diff --git a/RKWard_on_Windows.md b/RKWard_on_Windows.md
index bee9e91..a57a38d 100644
--- a/RKWard_on_Windows.md
+++ b/RKWard_on_Windows.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ layout: page
## Installing the official release
-Installation of RKWard on windows should be straight-forward: Simply download and run the [latest installer](https://download.kde.org/stable/rkward/0.7.2/win32/rkward-0.7.2-1-R-4.0.2.exe). The installer includes RKWard 0.7.2, R 4.0.2, and all required KF5 frameworks (version 5.64).
+Installation of RKWard on windows should be straight-forward: Simply download and run the [latest installer](https://download.kde.org/stable/rkward/0.7.3/win32/rkward-0.7.3-R-4.1.2-KF5-5.92.0-.exe). The installer includes RKWard 0.7.3, R 4.1.2, and all required KF5 frameworks (version 5.92).
Please note that **the installer may appear to "hang" around 70% completion**. This is just a problem with the progress bar not updating. Please be patient.
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Back up your data, before using these.
## Updating R inside the RKWard installation
-Since RKWard 0.7.1, updating R is often possible without any updates to RKWard, especially, for patch level releases of R (e.g. 4.0.**3** over 4.0.**2**).
+Since RKWard 0.7.1, updating R is often possible without any updates to RKWard, especially, for patch level releases of R (e.g. 4.1.**3** over 4.1.**2**).
The recommended way to update R is to
diff --git a/Release_Schedule.md b/Release_Schedule.md
index 6c26c08..7919ce2 100644
--- a/Release_Schedule.md
+++ b/Release_Schedule.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ layout: page
# Release Schedule
-<!-- **No release is currently scheduled.** This page shows the schedule for RKWard 0.7.2, which has been released on October, 2020. -->
-This page shows the schedule for RKWard 0.7.3, which is planned to be released on April 21, 2022.
+**No release is currently scheduled.** This page shows the schedule for RKWard 0.7.3, which has been released on April 21, 2022. -->
+<!-- This page shows the schedule for RKWard 0.7.3, which is planned to be released on April 21, 2022. -->
## Note
diff --git a/_includes/2022_04_21_announce_0.7.3_body.md b/_includes/2022_04_21_announce_0.7.3_body.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..581945b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/2022_04_21_announce_0.7.3_body.md
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+As usual, we're looking forward to your [feeback](Contact.html) suggestions, and contributions\!
+
+#### The changes in detail:
+
+ - New features and improvements
+ - Add option to show standardized coefficients for linear regression
+ - Add setting to allow hiding R Console scrollbar minimap
+ - "Spontaneous" output, such as from running examples in the enhanced help system in R 4.2.0, is shown in the R Console
+ - Support for switching color schemes, including basic support for dark mode
+ - Space-saving placement of main window status bar, and display more tips in it
+ - Implement R 4.2 graphics functions: stroked and filled paths, groups, lumincance masks
+ - Implement R 4.1 graphics functions: gradients, patterns, clip paths, masks
+ - Add icons to settings dialog for quick visual orientation
+ - Merge ktexteditor (script) settings into the main settings dialog
+ - Internal: Code cleanup around settings, and in many other places
+ - On exit, ask for saving all unsaved modified files at once
+ - Output file handling has been reworked, entirely
+ - rkwardtests library gains helper functions for checking for expected errors
+ - Internal: Allow R-level calls to support both subcommands, and a return value at the same time
+ - Hide or remove several purely internal functions (most can still be assessed from the rkward namespace as rkward:::xyz())
+ - Use top alignment button to close (warning) messages in preview windows/areas
+ - (Try to) automatically create custom R library locations, if they do not exist
+ - kate plugin related actions are now active whenever a script window is active (not only the corresponding tool window)
+ - Bug fixes
+ - Fixed: Possible backend hang when closing a data editor before it was done fetching its data
+ - Fixed: Crash when installing packages from within check installation dialog
+ - Fixed: Spurious string I18N_ARGUMENT_MISMATCH in several plugins
+ - Fixed: Accordeon control (used in "Recode categorical data") never expanded
+ - Fix compilation with the upcoming R 4.2.0
+ - Fix crash in dev.capture()
+ - Fix plot window not showing when created attached
+ - Fixed: Intial graphics window size would be (mostly) ignored
+ - Fix some buglets around closing on-screen devices
+ - Fixed: Cursor navigation in completion list
+ - Fixed: Calling (rk.)select.list() without a title would fail
+ - Workaround for invalid EDITOR variable set by Kate Terminal plugin (also fixed in recent kate)
+ - Fixed: Crash when attempting to use new graphics features in R 4.1.0 (esp. plotting using ggplot2)
diff --git a/_includes/2022_04_21_announce_0.7.3_teaser.md b/_includes/2022_04_21_announce_0.7.3_teaser.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b12c047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/2022_04_21_announce_0.7.3_teaser.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+### RKWard 0.7.2 - Kate plugins
+
+*21 April 2022*
+
+A new release, RKWard 0.7.3, is available for [download](Download_RKWard.html), today.
+This release brings support for the new R graphics features, a rework of RKWard output
+files, an integrated dialog to ask about all changed files at once on exit, and many
+other small improvments all over the place.
+
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index ce026d9..2249f0b 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ layout: default
<h1>RKWard</h1>
<p>RKWard is an easy to use and easily extensible IDE/GUI for R.</p>
<p><b><a href="About.html">Learn more</a></b></p>
- <h1>Download RKWard 0.7.2</h1>
+ <h1>Download RKWard 0.7.3</h1>
<p>for <b><a href="RKWard_on_Mac.html">macOS</a></b> | <b><a href="RKWard_on_Windows.html">Windows</a></b> | <b><a href="Download_RKWard.html">GNU/Linux</a></b></p>
</div>
</div>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ layout: default
<div class="main">
<div class="block">
<h2>Current News</h2>
- {% capture dummy_include %}{% include 2020_10_16_announce_0.7.2_teaser.md %}{% endcapture %}
+ {% capture dummy_include %}{% include 2022_04_21_announce_0.7.3_teaser.md %}{% endcapture %}
{{ dummy_include | markdownify }}
<a href="News.html">Read more...</a>
</div>
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